Foundations of Grounding in Electric Power Systems

Service Description

Date: June 6, 2026

Saturday, June 6, 2026
9:00 AM
2 hours
Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Price: 200 USD

Interactive Live Online Course

Title: Foundations of Grounding in Electric Power Systems

Course Hours: 2 hrs

This focused and practical course provides a strong foundation in grounding principles for high-voltage electric power systems, with special emphasis on transient phenomena and their engineering implications.

Grounding is not only a safety requirement — it directly affects:
• Insulation coordination
• Protection system performance
• Lightning surge response
• Switching transient behavior
• Overall grid stability

Participants will explore:
• Solid, low-resistance, high-resistance, reactance, and resonant grounding methods
• Impact on fault current magnitude and ground potential rise (GPR)
• System behavior during disturbances
• Grounding electrode topologies for substations and transmission towers
• Practical interpretation of IEEE 80 and IEEE 81 guidance
• High-frequency and impulse performance considerations

Through simplified analytical models and engineering examples, the course bridges electromagnetic transient theory with real-world grounding design practice.

Key Topics:

• Role of grounding in controlling overvoltages and transients
• Comparison of grounding methods and their system implications
• Fault current behavior and GPR analysis
• Grounding electrode configurations for high-voltage installations
• Overview of IEEE 80 and IEEE 81 standards
• Transient performance and practical design insights

Who Should Attend?

• Power system engineers
• Protection engineers
• Substation designers
• Consultants and utility professionals
• Graduate students in power engineering

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the fundamental concept and purpose of grounding
• Compare grounding methods and their impact on fault behavior
• Understand grounding electrode configurations
• Interpret IEEE grounding standards in practical design
• Relate transient theory to engineering decision-making

Instructor: To be announced

Notes:

• All participants will receive digital course materials (slide decks and reference resources).
• Upon successful completion, you will earn the ElectroMentors Certificate of Completion.
• ElectroMentors is an approved provider of Engineering Institute of Canada CEU/PDH accreditations (optional add-on available during checkout).
• The course may be eligible for Professional Development Hours (PDHs) with engineering regulatory bodies across Canada.
• All purchases are final. Registration confirms agreement with ElectroMentors’ Terms and Conditions.

Upcoming Session

Saturday, June 6, 2026
9:00 AM
2 hours
Eastern Standard Time (EST)